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The Statue of Peace (Korean: 평화의 소녀상; RR: Pyeonghwaui sonyeosang; Japanese: 平和の少女像, Heiwano shōjo-zō), often shortened to Sonyeosang in Korean or Shōjo-zō in Japanese (literally "statue of girl") [1] and sometimes called the Comfort Woman Statue (慰安婦像, Ianfu-zō), [2] is a symbol of the victims of sexual slavery, known euphemistically as comfort women, by ...
Kim Seo-kyung and Kim Eun-sung are a husband-and-wife team of Korean sculptors. They are best known for the Statue of Peace. [1] The statue was completed in 2011 and placed near the Japanese embassy in Seoul. [2] It was just one of over 20 similar statues designed by the couple, most of which are located in Korea, with at least two in the USA. [1]
The statue has sparked a discourse on commemorative cultures among local, state, and diplomatic levels. [2] The bronze statue was designed by the South Korean artist couple Kim Eun-sung (b. 1965) and Kim Seo-kyung. [3] It is the first statue of its kind to be installed in a public space in Germany. [3]
Imjingak (Korean: 임진각; Hanja: 臨津閣, pronounced Ihm-jin-gak), and sometimes in English called the Imjingak resort, is a park located on the banks of the Imjin River along the tracks of the former Gyeongui Train Line outside the city of Paju, South Korea. The park has many statues and monuments regarding the Korean War. There is also a ...
South Korea is still home to 37 comfort women, most of whom are in their 80s -- but Japan denied their existence for years. Why chilling statues of women have appeared in buses in South Korea Skip ...
The arch was completed at the height of the so-called Sunshine Policy, a South Korean government effort to reduce the risk of conflict between the two states and reconcile with the North. The width of the Arch of Reunification, 61.5 metres, was a reference to the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration of 2000, and its height at 30 meters, a ...
Another statue depicts Gen. Paik Sun Yup, who was in command of the Republic of Korea First Division when the North Korean People’s Army attack into South Korea began June 25, 1950, according to ...
Wednesday demonstration (Korean: 수요 집회, romanized: Suyo jipoe), officially named Wednesday Demonstration demanding Japan to redress the Comfort Women problems (Korean: 일본군 위안부 문제 해결을 위한 정기 수요시위), is a weekly protest in South Korea which aims at obtaining justice from the Japanese government ...